Deaneries of the Anglican Diocese of Huron

Archdeacon is Ven. Dr. Jawn Kolohon, since Jan 1, 2008, of St. George’s, Owen Sound. For more than 7 years he was rector of the 6-point Parish of the Bruce Peninsula. The Regional Dean is Rev. Gary Parker, rector of Christ Church, Meaford and St. James, Fairmount.

Saugeens is most northerly of the diocese’s archdeaconries bordered by Georgian Bay to the north and Lake Huron to the west. The area is mostly rural with Owen Sound being the largest town with a population of 21,753. Shown is Christ Church, Meaford built in 1876.

Christ Church, Toronto & Market Streets, Markdale, Ontario
St. Mary’s, 40761 Concession 6, Maxwell, Ontario

Markdale is a community of about 1400 in the Municipality of Grey Highlands and Maxwell is a smaller community about 20km west of Markdale.

Rector is Rev. Yvonne Summerfield.   Rev. Deacon Phyllis Lucas retired from outreach ministry with Christ Church, Markdale April 13, 2008.

The largest congregation in the Circle of Faith parish is:

Church of the Messiah
421 Russell Street, Kincardine (shown right).

The congregation celebrated the 150th aniversary of its founding in 2007.

Rector is the Rev. Rob Hiscox

The other churches in the parish are:

• St. Matthew’s, County Road 1, Kingarf
• Church of Ascension, Kinlough
• St. Luke’s, Concession #4, Pine River
• St. Thomas’, 305 Colborne Street, Walkerton

The first Anglican worship services in Southampton and Port Elgin were held in the 1850s by Rev. Arthur Hill Ringland Mulholland. They were 2 of the 18 preaching stations where Rev Mullholland conducted regular services. Today, Southampton and Port Elgin, along with the township of Saugeen, are in the amalgamated town of Saugeen Shores (2006 pop. 11,720) located in Bruce County, Ontario on the shores of Lakes Huron.

The Southampton parish was officially founded on 20 September 1859 with the first church building opening on 24 February, 1861. That church was destroyed by fire in 1886 that wiped out a large part of the town. The present St. Paul’s Church was constructed in 1887.

St. John’s, Port Elgin has always been a two-point parish with St. Paul’s, Southampton. The building was constructed in 1886. In 1928, a parish hall was built which was replaced by a new building opened in May 1977.

Rector is the Rev. Margaret Greenhow.   Parish of Saugeen Shores website.

Since 1959 the parish has contained six congregations:

St Margaret’s, Cape Chin
St Andrew’s, Howdenvale
Christ Church, Lion’s Head
St Peter’s-by-the-Lake, Sauble Beach
St. Edmund’s, Tobermory
Trinity Church, Wiarton.

St Margaret’s is currently a chapel of ease with services only held in the summer.

The rector is based in Wiarton, the largest town with a population of a little over 2,000. After serving the parish since the Spring of 1999, on January 1 2008, the Ven. Dr. Jawn Kolohon assumed the transitional ministry position at St. George’s, Owen Sound.

More on the Parish of the Bruce Peninsula

Church’s Website

Rev. Alphonsus Rose visited Sydenham (now Owen Sound) in 1846 and returned the following year to take up permanent residence. Rev. Rose quickly formed a Anglican congregation in the village. 2 years later in 1849 the Diocese of Toronto created a parish centered in Sydenham covering all of what is today Grey and Bruce Counties with Rev. Rose being moved to Guelph to assume greater responsibilities.

A frame church was built in 1852 but the parish’s first priest Arthur Mulholland also conducted regular services at 18 preaching stations in the sparsely populated surrounding area. It was only after the Diocese of Huron was founded in 1857 that additional churches were opened and Rev. Mulholland was gradually released from his preaching duties outside of Owen Sound.

Rev. Rose died in Toronto and in his will he left three town lots at Sydenham to the Anglican Church. It is on these lots present Saint George’s Church was constructed in 1881.

34 Boucher Street East, Meaford, Ontario

The present stone church building was completed in 1876.

During World War 2 while serving as a Military Chaplain Rev. Harold Appleyard gathered fragments and received permission from bombed churches to have the glass returned to Christ Church as a memorial for Canadian men and women who served overseas.   They form six stained glass windows from 125 English and Welsh churches as well as some from Ireland, France, Belgium and Holland.

Christ Church, Meaford is in a 2-point parish with the smaller congregation of St. James, Fairmount.   More on Christ Church, Meaford, Ontario.

St. Margaret’s web page

St. Margaret’s is part of the 6-point Parish of Bruce Peninsula and it is currently a chapel of ease, with services held Sunday evenings during the summer.

The church was built in 1925 from the design of Major F.B. James of Walkerton who had designed a similar church in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).